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Hello! This is your monthly positivity mail :)

I hope your June is filled with lots of joy! Enjoy the nice moments, big or small, and try to take the opportunities to have fun that are presented to you, even (or especially!) if it means going out of your comfort zone. Happy pride month!!!

Thank you so much! This month is a big deal in my educational life... I'm finally going to graduate from high school! I have a decent plan of what I'll do after graduation.

I wanna hug you and give you cookies!

- @thetidesare-everchanging

Awwww that's very kind of you! I love hugs and cookies. You deserve hugs and cookies too!

Hello! This is your monthly positivity mail :)

I hope your month is starting well, and that it only gets better! If you're having nice weather, I hope you take the time to enjoy the outside and get some fresh air. You deserve nice things, and that includes taking care of yourself! See you next month!

Hi! This month has been somewhat rough mentally, but I'm powering through!

HIIIII

ALL YOUR NAMES ARE SO CUTE!

I hope you have the best day :)))

Awwww thank you so much 🥹🫂! I wasn't expecting this at all, but a compliment is a compliment and there is nothing wrong with that. I also hope you have the best day as well 😁!

Hello! This is your monthly positivity mail :) Is August going nicely so far? If it's going well, try to take the time to really take in the nice moments. And if you're having a harder time, try to do at least a little something to make yourself feel better from time to time! Even if it can't fix everything, there's worth in any small bit of happiness. See you next month!

Not gonna lie, my August is going well. My mother is adamantine about me attending college in winter. However, I'm procrastinating with finding a job, even though my mom has some money saved for me. It also doesn't help that I've been preoccupied with working on an AU for Metal Slug. Metal Slug is my latest obsession, so I have to satisfy it somehow.

Would you rather be a bat or a bird? :3

I would rather be a bird because I have more free range of where and when to fly. Birds are also more vibrant than bats and I'm a sucker for beautiful colours.

Hello! This is your monthly positivity mail

I hope September is starting nicely for you! If you have projects for this month, I hope they all go great, and if you plan to take it easy, I hope you get all the rest ypu need and deserve. Remember to be kind to yourself, and see you next month!

Heya 👋! My September has started fairly well. I'm making considerable progress on my massive Metal Slug AU. I was starting to feel demotivated with the project... However, with the aid of a few friends, gathering inspiration, and focusing on something else for a bit, I feel motivated to continue with my project!

🫂🫂🫂

I appreciate the hug 🫂

Here's a couple for you:

Hi! I really love your blog. Can I ask what phone/camera you're using for the photos you post? Your photos are always so crisp and sharp. Thanks!

Hi! Thanks so much!

For all my photos, I use my Redmi Note 10 Pro. It's not even a mid-range phone, it's lower. But that goes to show how much phone cameras have improved lately. You don't have to wait to get a good camera to take photos of your everyday! <3

Where is your laptop sleeve from?

Its really really pretty

Thank you <3

It's a laptop skin, you have to stick it on like a wallpaper! Here's the link to the Amazon product!

hi!! new follower here! if possible, i'd love to ask your advice on organisation as a law student (e.g., using a planner)! ty <3

Hi! My organisation set up is pretty simple.

Google Calendar - I use this to add important dates and events; project deadlines, presentation dates, exams. I also time block my day with Google Calendar.

Obsidian - I take my notes in Obsidian. I prefer obsidian for its longevity. Other sites like Notion, Good notes, Notability - they will eventually limit their features so you're forced to subscribe or pay to use them. I wanted a simple app that guarantees that it will be free for a long time.

PDFEXPERT/ XODO - Annotation is a huge part of my workflow. I need to annotate large chunks of information before I make notes out of them. Both these apps are very useful for that.

super interested in how you use obsidian! any resources you recommend for getting to grips w it? bonus q - how do you use obsidian to help you with legal problem questions/essays?

bonus bonus q - any fav law (or non-law) studyblrs?

Hi!

Resources to get to grips with Obsidian - just watch 2-3 YouTube videos to understand its basic structure. It's like buying a Lego set. You can make whatever you want with it. Don't lose yourself in customising obsidian, that's an easy rabbit hole to fall into.

Bonus q#1 - I use Obsidian to brain dump and loosely organise my writing. To make proper research projects with citations and stuff, I use Google docs. You can also cite stuff on obsidian but it's a bit of a hassle to convert it into word and retain the format. Obsidian helps with my study because I can link different ideas together and see it all as a web of interconnected information (which is how any subject should be studied, imo)

Bonus q#2 - @somerabbitholes is without a question my favourite blog on this whole website. She was the one that inspired me to start my own little blog. I don't think she realises the impact she's had on me tbh but I'm still grateful <3

@gushuwa is my favourite supporter and I love seeing their name in my activity page.

I think @mal-studyblr has really cool photos.

Hello, hope you're doing well!!

It's only been two months into law school for me and way too early to assess what I want to pursue going forward, but I'm curious- what made you decide to pursue an LLM? More importantly, what factors did you have to consider before making that decision?

Hi!

What made you decide to do an LLM? - Although I have almost no experience writing research papers, I am deeply interested in the process of knowledge creation that is employed when writing them. I have profound respect for the authors of all the texts we have been prescribed in our course. A part of me wants to go deeper into that space of creation. LLM is a way to involve deeper into legal research and methodology. I love academia.

What factors I considered when making the decision to pursue LLM -

I have the time, and the resources. I can afford to spend another year on further education. I have no dependants and no pressing need to be financially independent as of yet.

I want to go to a better University where my chances of meeting future mentors and people like myself are greater. My current University is hostile towards learning.

Getting into a good university for masters also would help in making quality connections in the field, and I get to explore the possibilities in a way I can't right now with a bachelor's degree from an average university.

Note: It is never a good idea to be influenced by institutional repute. You and only you have control over your future. Just being in a good university does not guarantee life long success. That being said, institutes of repute can be a good way to surround yourself with ambitious and like minded people. That gets you very far in life.

I wish you the best of luck!

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Hii, do you have any tips on how to take notes for law subject?

Taking good notes for law subjects has a lot to do with how well you can study the text. To take good notes you must know:

The steps to studying a textbook/judgement/anything : First, you skim through it. Then read it a second time to understand what the concepts are and why they're important. Third reading is where you try to break down the text into bite size info: make diagrams, highlight with different colors, etc. you'll find more resources on how to study a text online.

It is important that your notes are not a copy from your text. Use your own words. Make your own little flowchart or diagram. Don't copy/paste.

While I encourage you to use your own words while writing notes, I also should warn against terminological inexactitude: you must know the significance of each word you're writing. A void contract, for example, is not the same thing as a voidable contract. Sale deed is different from an agreement to Sale. You must pay attention to detail.

These are what come to mind. But if you have any specific questions, or anything in particular you're having trouble with, feel free to shoot me a DM or ask another ask.

if possible, i'd love to ask a quick follow-up again on your response to my q on apps you use as a law student :) you mentioned xodo & pdfexpert as two apps you use for pdfs. as a fellow law student, i've struggled with finding an appropriate way of reading/organising/annotating long pdfs.. if possible i'd love to ask two quick qs!

could i ask how you use each app? i'm not very organised so i'm thinking of committing to one but not sure which

could you give a step-by-step rundown of your approach to studying a new topic/section of the law? (e.g., do you read before a lecture/annotate handout/notetaking in seminars) my course introduces a new legal area each week per module so was wanting some professional advice on how to manage :') tysm!! <3

Hi again! This is how I use XODO/PDF expert:

(take my advice with a grain of salt I don't really have a stellar academic track record and the only thing I'm good at is spending all my hours studying and coming up with ideas that need a lot of years to perfect. I'm hoping the hard work will pay off in later years but everything's more of a WIP at the moment. I don't have an estimate of my own credibility)

Whenever I have a long 500 page judgement to get through, I break up the long judgement by adding an index in the app. The apps lets me add my own index. If it is a textbook, I already have an index so navigating in between the pages is easier, and it also helps me get a bird's eye view of the subject/topic

After indexing it, I assign a specific color to a specific sub-topic. One judgement, for example, deals with several issues, like Secularism, Federalism, etc. I assign a color to them, and as I'm reading the judgement, I highlight specific lines with their specific colors that basically sum up the argument being made. So I know which paragraphs talk about which sub-topic.

When I've highlighted the main arguments, and then I glance through the document, a little mind map begins to form in my mind. I learn to separate small nuggets of ideas and learn how they're linked to each other.

I also sum up the paragraphs or put in key phrases on the margins when I feel that they have switched to talking about a distinctly separate idea.

Now I switch to other note taking apps for the next step. Usually, I use Obsidian to make my notes.

After understanding the basic framework of whatever text I am reading, I make my own mind map or framework with my own words. This step is very important, because it is very easy to lose yourself in the topic and not know how to make a head or tail out of it. Especially legal text.

Finally, I have personally found that it is important to set up a strict timeline to when you want to be done with a specific topic and move on. The temptation to go deeper into any topic is very real and negatively affects your ability to get a grip with the subject as a whole. Do not give in to it. Whenever you sit down to study a topic, restrict yourself to one document/text/judgement/whatever class notes you're handed. Do not try to look up something, and get trapped in the hyperlink loop.

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TLDR;

1. I use pdf readers to highlight topics by different colors so I can break up the text into topics and learn how the different ideas are linked.

2. I then make my own framework from the text with my own words and put that in my notes

(pdf anon) you're an absolute legend omg thank you so much!! i really appreciate your advice - i've been using pdfexpert for the past few days & have loved it!! also - thank you for forewarning me about not falling down the hyperlink rabbit hole.. hopefully this year i learn my lesson lol

Stawp I love that you ask well thought out and detailed questions. I hope I keep getting anons like this, it makes me really happy to answer them <3

hi! how did you get your forest app to have more muted colors? i love the app i just wish it wasn't so bright lol

I edited the screenshot 👀

Wait, you know me?

No, not you /gen. @elixs-mythology-corner <33. Sorry </33. Would love to get to know you tho!!

whats ur fav ms boss fight?

Oof! That's kinda tough! I'm not the best at the games (Metal Slug 1 through 5 to be specific), even with saves, but I'm trying... Each Metal Slug boss is pretty distinct from one another. I even think most of the Metal Slug bosses are fun to master. If I had to choose one, I might go with the Big Shiee from Metal Slug 2/X.

What is your favorite part about working on this AU?

My favourite part about working on the Iron Eclipse AU has to be the characters. It's fun to reinvent them for an alternate universe, while using any information and artwork that has been provided for each character as a foundation for new ideas. It even gives me an excuse to use headcanons I have for the OG Metal Slug characters for the ones in the Iron Eclipse AU. It can be difficult to rework a character that barely has any information and artwork. However, I always push through and come up with ideas that fit my interpretation of the characters.

I honestly enjoy giving the Iron Eclipse versions of pre-existing Metal Slug characters more depth, especially with their personalities and backstories. It allows me to explore different ideas and see what fits and what doesn't. The backstories are always the hardest part, but I eventually come up with worthwhile ideas that fit their character. It's also fun to redesign them because I can add more character to their design, such as personalised items and scars, in order to make each one stand out from the last.

Updating them can get annoying at times... However, I don't want them to be unsatisfying and not well-written. It would be a waste to not incorporate such good ideas.